According to Acda, 2007:
The Philippines supports a rich termite fauna comprising of fifty-five known species in eighteen genera (Snyder and Francia 1963; Acda 2006). Of the 55 reported species, four subterranean species are considered serious structural pests; Coptotermes vastator Light, Nasutitermes luzonicus Oshima, Macrotermes gilvus Hagen, and Microcerotermes losbanosensis Oshima. These species are widely distributed and are considered serious structural pest of timber structures (Valino 1967; Acda 2004).
Note: Coptotermes vastator is know known as C. gestroi.
The termite fauna in Hawaii is quite different:
- FORMOSAN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE (Coptotermes formosanus)
- WEST INDIAN DRYWOOD TERMITE (Cryptotermes brevis)
- LOWLAND TREE TERMITE (Incisitermes immigrans)
- FOREST TREE TERMITE (Neotermes connexus)
- INDO-MALAYSIAN DRYWOOD TERMITE (Cryptotermes cynocephalus)
- WESTERN DRYWOOD TERMITE (Incisitermes minor)
- PACIFIC DAMPWOOD TERMITE (Zootermopsis angusticollis)